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say, apple producers. the wage rate in vermont now is aollaper bushel for hand- picked ciders and four new york, 60 two cents. there is no consistency. those are done by the prevailing wage survey. there is nothing overseen on that. no regionalization of wage great -- wage rates, housing, transportation. it is very expensive. yet it does provide legal workers. it is difficult to get them here. and with united states department of ag facilitating the process, it will be transparent, i believe. they understand ag, the need behind it, and keep in mind, i would like to let mr. sessions know, senator sessions no, we do have employers who open up and they have to through the h2a program higher and he willing, able, qualified individual. anybody is mollified because in state of vermont we can't require experience. the department of labor says we can't require experience. we have orchards -- i invite you to come visit them in august -- they have everyone who applies start picking apple and they pick on trellis tre
say, apple producers. the wage rate in vermont now is aollaper bushel for hand- picked ciders and four new york, 60 two cents. there is no consistency. those are done by the prevailing wage survey. there is nothing overseen on that. no regionalization of wage great -- wage rates, housing, transportation. it is very expensive. yet it does provide legal workers. it is difficult to get them here. and with united states department of ag facilitating the process, it will be transparent, i believe....
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Apr 23, 2013
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i remember very well the question with the apple pickers. thank you for complimenting they do -- they're the ones doing the work. i know, a lot of meetings and phone calls with you and others and number of -- they did leg work and i worry about the crops too. it's a significant part of our basis. the h2, a program is open to everyone prayer and seasonal employers. we take care of apple pickers but then we have dairy farmers and senator franken and i noted that you can't tell the cows belle back in six months to milk you again. they don't react well to that. and so how would the proposed agricultural work visa legislation help seasonal and year-around workers? >> sir, i think it would definitely help in many ways. allowing for the workers not only be here around year, milk the cows. i think when you face both visa whether they come for one employer or the ability to move between employers. all of that seems veried a venn teenage use and take care of dairy farmers. when i look how the h2a works today and i see that poultry, some of the farms a
i remember very well the question with the apple pickers. thank you for complimenting they do -- they're the ones doing the work. i know, a lot of meetings and phone calls with you and others and number of -- they did leg work and i worry about the crops too. it's a significant part of our basis. the h2, a program is open to everyone prayer and seasonal employers. we take care of apple pickers but then we have dairy farmers and senator franken and i noted that you can't tell the cows belle back...
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Apr 22, 2013
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do you want the apple or the orange? you do not know whether the department of labor tells you if you are to prefer apples or oranges. >> you suppose we should work on that aspect of it. could you explain what provision in the article it references in out?opinion on the car >> if a firm sponsors a h1b worker for a green card, they put in the paperwork that will reduce deeper h1b dependent -- their h1b numbers. they will n have to do good faith recruiting more pay the higher wage levels. i think it is a mistake and it will affect not just facebook, and we should not make policy around one firm, but other firms to exploit the program. said to have been on an h1b these uin year experience is relevant. why you say that these holders at these service companies are not really specialize? thate majority of the work the indian offshore industry does it is back office i.t. work for large enterprises here in the u.s. it does not require the necessary skill to do the traditional product development work that microsoft may require t
do you want the apple or the orange? you do not know whether the department of labor tells you if you are to prefer apples or oranges. >> you suppose we should work on that aspect of it. could you explain what provision in the article it references in out?opinion on the car >> if a firm sponsors a h1b worker for a green card, they put in the paperwork that will reduce deeper h1b dependent -- their h1b numbers. they will n have to do good faith recruiting more pay the higher wage...
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Apr 21, 2013
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you look at 84 attacks coming out of those groups compared to four from al qaeda, how do you they are apples and oranges except for the fact that they fit our inclusion criteria. a lot of terrorism and the united states is born and raised here. host: based on your background in this, are there any parallels to what happened in the oklahoma city bombing, to what we potentially could see with the 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev, who is about to be charged probably later this week? guest: it certainly well within the cards. if he is convicted, what will be the fifth largest act of terrorism in the united states, then went on to be involved in the murder of another law enforcement official, and then went on to throw improvised explosive devices out of two cars, one of which was a carjacked vehicle. this is an extraordinary example of violence. depending on evidence, which i certainly have no inside knowledge of, this has the potential to go to trial. host: one day after the bombings took place, the other was killed in that shooting in watertown, massachusetts, the center public and later mitch mcc
you look at 84 attacks coming out of those groups compared to four from al qaeda, how do you they are apples and oranges except for the fact that they fit our inclusion criteria. a lot of terrorism and the united states is born and raised here. host: based on your background in this, are there any parallels to what happened in the oklahoma city bombing, to what we potentially could see with the 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev, who is about to be charged probably later this week? guest: it...
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Apr 23, 2013
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>> it is not based on a fiscal year -- you take apples, they come in, it is august, and they stay to pick, prune and packed -- they have to be gone by the end of may. >> in this bill, in your opinion, it addresses the problem? >> it fixes the problem because i think actually, mr. connor can speak to a better, the different types of -- >> mr. connor? >> it fixes the problem fundamentally by creating two different groups of the guestworker program. one would be the seasonal at will, which would be, i suppose, the most similar to the current h-2a program, but the other is a contract program where, again, you would have the ability to bring in year-round workers on a contract, as you noted, to perform those milking functions, feeding functions on the farm, those kind of things, as noted earlier, the cows don't stop producing milk. they produce 24/seven, every day of the year. >> that is the nice thing about cows, they are considerate in that regard. do you see this as a long-term fix, or something you have to tinker with every few years? >> no question, senator, we picture this as a long
>> it is not based on a fiscal year -- you take apples, they come in, it is august, and they stay to pick, prune and packed -- they have to be gone by the end of may. >> in this bill, in your opinion, it addresses the problem? >> it fixes the problem because i think actually, mr. connor can speak to a better, the different types of -- >> mr. connor? >> it fixes the problem fundamentally by creating two different groups of the guestworker program. one would be the...
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denied because it doesn't have sufficient evidence, the undocumented worker gets another bite at the apple 378 going my first question, this is a way i read the bill. i want do you pell me whether or not i'm right or wrotening. it provides legal stay stay us ag work the secretary only has to submit a plan not implement it. the border doesn't have to be secured before millions get citizenship pop . would that been an accurate interpretation of the legislation before us? >> i would just say, senator grassley, that my understanding of the legislation is that the agricultural workers will be given opportunity to get legal status in this country immediately; however, at the end of five years if they meet the requirement and working in the agricultural industry they'll be able to gain permanent resident sei not citizenship. >> okay. >> and the reason behind that. the thinking tbhiend the discussions that . >> you don't have to justify that. >> okay. it was in roip to whether or not the sphtsship for this group of people could be possible without the border being secured. because of the time peri
denied because it doesn't have sufficient evidence, the undocumented worker gets another bite at the apple 378 going my first question, this is a way i read the bill. i want do you pell me whether or not i'm right or wrotening. it provides legal stay stay us ag work the secretary only has to submit a plan not implement it. the border doesn't have to be secured before millions get citizenship pop . would that been an accurate interpretation of the legislation before us? >> i would just...
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highest25% of our scoring companies between 1990 an2005, inclu intel, , they apple, the day appoint thousands of people here in the united states. they are greek a. they are ben by immigrants. that is something which should be thinking about. >> i would hope so. the evidence is quite clear on the capacity of immigration. i havehe time remaining, you released this analysis to quell the immigration reform. it can boost the american economy by as much as 1% every year. or reduce the deficit by as much as support for a trillion dollars. -- as much as 1.5 trillion dollars. do you want to elaborate on that? >> i could say a couple of things. >> economic growth comes from growth in people and their growth and activity. immigration controls both sides of the labor force anson's immigrants tend to work more you get labor force growth. as you mentioned the of to give small businesses and doctors that raise productivity of those workers. and their benefits to the overall economic growth, thus raising productivity for the -- productivity. that -- i did not taylor that estimate to 2013, 2014, 2015. this b
highest25% of our scoring companies between 1990 an2005, inclu intel, , they apple, the day appoint thousands of people here in the united states. they are greek a. they are ben by immigrants. that is something which should be thinking about. >> i would hope so. the evidence is quite clear on the capacity of immigration. i havehe time remaining, you released this analysis to quell the immigration reform. it can boost the american economy by as much as 1% every year. or reduce the deficit...
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are turned down initially because of some inadequate documents, they're allowed second bite at the apple. so in this, you know, i don't mean to be flip about it, but this section could have been sub headed knowingly left mind. the goal seems to be to get as many -- get amnesty for as many people as physically possibly. >> okay, mr. kobach, i'm going quote a section of the bill and tell us with a you think it means. page 330 in the bill, quote, secretary exercised discretion to wave a ground of inadmirable if the second secondary determines it's against the public interest or result in hardship to aliens, united states citizens or permanent resident, parent, spouse, or child, end quote. >> thank you, senator grassley. that provision on page 330 of the bill, i think is a huge loophole. i don't think the dhs secretary should have the immense discretion. it's a massive increase we see over discretion. it expands current laws which allows waivers in cases of extreme hardship. the change of language can have huge consequences. we're just down to hardship. it expands the hardship to the alien's
are turned down initially because of some inadequate documents, they're allowed second bite at the apple. so in this, you know, i don't mean to be flip about it, but this section could have been sub headed knowingly left mind. the goal seems to be to get as many -- get amnesty for as many people as physically possibly. >> okay, mr. kobach, i'm going quote a section of the bill and tell us with a you think it means. page 330 in the bill, quote, secretary exercised discretion to wave a...
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to google to facebook to apple. is apple up or is apple down. how are you guys doing? what's next for google? >> what's next is what's next for the last year, which is the shift to mobile. what we see every quarter in our business is we see more and more people moving to mobile phones and mobile tablets an moving away from personal commuters and macs. you see this in the industry. so the tools and techniques for mobility are just getting better. there's a whole new generation of companies and applications which are mobile first or mobile only you'll carry around. these application will make your life better. some will be from google, some will be from competitors. fact of the matter is we're all becoming much more reliant on these devices. >> isn't that remarkable. i'm sure you're 99% mobile, mr. space age whiz kid. but even i, at 50, i look at this thing now -- like it is the edsel. >> it's heavy. >> i never carry that on the plane. i've now got my ipad. we're playing with the surface as well. it is lighter, it can do everything that thing can do when i'm on a plane.
to google to facebook to apple. is apple up or is apple down. how are you guys doing? what's next for google? >> what's next is what's next for the last year, which is the shift to mobile. what we see every quarter in our business is we see more and more people moving to mobile phones and mobile tablets an moving away from personal commuters and macs. you see this in the industry. so the tools and techniques for mobility are just getting better. there's a whole new generation of companies...